How to change my internal wifi card

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  1. mihairomanian, May 15, 2016

    mihairomanian macrumors newbie

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    So, ive been doing some research and im sure there must be a way in order for me to change my internal wifi card on my 2011 macbook pro 8,1. Reason being is that i intend on dual booting with black arch as ive become very interested in penetration testing. My concern is this... Is there any type of adapter i may purchase in order to make my macbook pro compatible with some of the newer mini pci-e wifi cards?

    Such as this one ..

    http://www.amazon.com/Intel-3160-Wi...id=1463350177&sr=8-3&keywords=wifi+mini+pci+e
     
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  2. mihairomanian, May 15, 2016

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    Anyone ? lolll
     
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  3. old-wiz, May 16, 2016

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    Do a google search and you will find multiple videos about changing the wi-fi card.
     
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  4. mihairomanian, May 17, 2016

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    not to be rude, but...
    I don't think you even understood my question . So i will repeat it,
    is there adapter that anybody knows of that connects a mini pci-e wlan card to apples proprietary airport/bluetooth flex cable , or even a straight flex cable that connects to the logic board?
     
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  5. JTToft, May 17, 2016

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    - I don't think there is, no.
    I've seen an adaptor to use the AirPort cards from Retina models in earlier machines, but none for a generic PCIe card.
    The issue also becomes connecting the antenna cables to the new card, which, at least for the Retina cards, have connectors that are much too large.
     
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  6. mihairomanian, May 17, 2016

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    Thank you JTToft, i guess I'm stuck using a USB adapter then... oh well .
     
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